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NOOK Book(NOOK Kids)

Overview

Juicy apples! Plump, ripe pears! Twisted mushrooms! Counting your way through the farmer's market has never been so much fun. Discover a world filled with exciting fruits and vegetables in this bright, bold follow-up to Edible Colors. This simple concept counting book will leave your mouth watering as you count from one to twelve with a kaleidoscope of tasty produce. Readers will learn about counting, variety, and color through the detailed, crisp photographs of homegrown and farmer's market fruits and vegetables!

About the Author

Jennifer Vogel Bass battles squirrels and woodchucks to grow unusual fruits and vegetables in her suburban garden. She holds a master's degree from the Yale School of Forestry&Environmental Studies and has spent the past fifteen years working in environmental conservation and sustainable development. She lives in leafy Maplewood, NJ, with her husband and two sons.Jennifer Vogel Bass grew up in rural Vermont. She has a BA in anthropology from Tufts University and an MA from the Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies, where she focused on environmental communications and sustainable agriculture. She is the author and photographer of Edible Colors. Over the course of three years, she photographed every variation of a fruit or a vegetable she could find. Currently, Jennifer lives with her family in leafy Maplewood, New Jersey.

Editorial Reviews

06/08/2015In an eye-catching companion to Edible Colors (2014), Bass photographs fruits and vegetables in order to use the images as counters. Bass introduces a single fruit or vegetable specimen on each left-hand page (“1 pear”; “1 pepper”; “1 mushroom”), while the facing pages count up to 12 (“6 pears”; “7 peppers”; “8 mushrooms”). Placing the vegetables and fruits against blank white backgrounds allows their vibrant colors, shapes, and textures to pop, while highlighting the diversity of the breeds and cultivars of tomatoes, eggplants, squashes, and others. The inclusion of less-familiar produce—including a Buddha’s hand citron, dragon’s egg cucumber, and green sausage tomato—may inspire readers to take their counting skills to the farmer’s market. Ages 2–5. (May)

Publishers Weekly

“This companion to Edible Colors presents photographs of fruits and vegetables in groups from one to 12 . . . A tasty way for preschoolers to sharpen their counting skills.” Kirkus Reviews

“An appetizing array of fruits and vegetables are counted from one to 12, accompanied by gorgeous, full-color photographs. The foods include apples, potatoes, squash, cucumbers, and eggplant, to name just a few. What distinguishes this counting book from others of its kind are the vast subvarieties of produce in each category, in many different colors. Readers may already be familiar with different types of apples, such as golden delicious, granny smith, pink lady, and golden russet, but far fewer will be aware that a pepper can be also be brown or purple (sweet chocolate and islander, respectively). There is a great deal to digest here for young children, especially when the author goes from listing specific types of fruits and veggies to the final category, citrus fruit, a fairly broad group. A well-planned trip to the farmer's market would enhance this lesson. Pair with other books on this succulent topic, including Emily Hruby's Counting in the Garden (Ammo, 2013) and Lois Ehlert's popular Eating the Alphabet: Fruits & Vegetables from A to Z (Houghton Mifflin, 1989). VERDICT A charming addition for food-related lesson plans or programming.” School Library Journal

“In an eye-catching companion to Edible Colors (2014), Bass photographs fruits and vegetables in order to use the images as counters. Bass introduces a single fruit or vegetable specimen on each left-hand page ("1 pear"; "1 pepper"; "1 mushroom"), while the facing pages count up to 12 ("6 pears"; "7 peppers"; "8 mushrooms"). Placing the vegetables and fruits against blank white backgrounds allows their vibrant colors, shapes, and textures to pop, while highlighting the diversity of the breeds and cultivars of tomatoes, eggplants, squashes, and others. The inclusion of less-familiar produce-including a Buddha's hand citron, dragon's egg cucumber, and green sausage tomato-may inspire readers to take their counting skills to the farmer's market.” Publishers Weekly

“Elegant photography and simple enumeration combine in an exploration of glorious green grocery. Very young children will enjoy counting the bright, bold images, and older kids will take interest in the rich, culinary variety.” Booklist

From the Publisher

04/01/2015PreS-Gr 1—An appetizing array of fruits and vegetables are counted from one to 12, accompanied by gorgeous, full-color photographs. The foods include apples, potatoes, squash, cucumbers, and eggplant, to name just a few. What distinguishes this counting book from others of its kind are the vast subvarieties of produce in each category, in many different colors. Readers may already be familiar with different types of apples, such as golden delicious, granny smith, pink lady, and golden russet, but far fewer will be aware that a pepper can be also be brown or purple (sweet chocolate and islander, respectively). There is a great deal to digest here for young children, especially when the author goes from listing specific types of fruits and veggies to the final category, citrus fruit, a fairly broad group. A well-planned trip to the farmer's market would enhance this lesson. Pair with other books on this succulent topic, including Emily Hruby's Counting in the Garden (Ammo, 2013) and Lois Ehlert's popular Eating the Alphabet: Fruits & Vegetables from A to Z (Houghton Mifflin, 1989). VERDICT A charming addition for food-related lesson plans or programming.—Etta Anton, Yeshiva of Central Queens, NY

School Library Journal

2015-02-03This companion to Edible Colors (2014) presents photographs of fruits and vegetables in groups from one to 12. The counting pattern introduces a single variety or cultivar of a plant species, then an increasingly greater number of other cultivars of the same species. Thus, "1 pea pod"—Sugar Snap—appears on the first verso against white space; then "2 pea pods"—Blue Podded and Golden Sweet Snow—are displayed on the recto. Next, "1 cucumber"—General Lee—is followed by "3 cucumbers"—Dragon's Egg, Boothby's Blonde and Sikkum. The evocative common names of the produce add charm and serendipity. For example, readers will discover the commonplace button mushroom as well as more exotic varieties such as Blue Foot, Pom Pom Blanc and Hen of the Woods. The Berkeley Tie Die tomato and the Moon and Stars watermelon should delight adults and children alike. After the 12 plant groupings, an additional spread invites readers to distinguish among an array of plums, ears of corn, watermelons and carrots. A final spread showcases all of the groups, from 1 Swiss chard leaf to 12 citrus fruits, as a dozen vertical rows of thumbnail-sized, uncaptioned photos. Many of the photographs from Edible Colors are reused. In one instance, a red pepper is captioned as "Wonder bell pepper" in the earlier volume and as "King Arthur" here. A tasty way for preschoolers to sharpen their counting skills. (Picture book. 2-5)

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